The area of a sector is Asector=n/360ºπr^2. What does the term n/360º represent?

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The area of a sector is Asector=n/360ºπr^2. What does the term n/360º represent?

The area of a sector is Asector
n Tr2. What does the term
360°
n
represent?
360°
the ratio of the number of sectors in a circle to the number of degrees in the circle
the ratio of the sector's radius to the circle's total angle
the ratio of the number of chords to the sector's total angle
the ratio of the number of degrees of the sector's central angle to the total number of degrees in the circle
Transcribed Image Text:The area of a sector is Asector n Tr2. What does the term 360° n represent? 360° the ratio of the number of sectors in a circle to the number of degrees in the circle the ratio of the sector's radius to the circle's total angle the ratio of the number of chords to the sector's total angle the ratio of the number of degrees of the sector's central angle to the total number of degrees in the circle
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